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Fannin Battleground memorializes the brave soldiers who fought the Battle of Coleto Creek on this site in 1836 during the Texas War for Independence. After Col. Fannin surrendered to Mexican forces, Gen. Santa Anna ordered him and his men executed in nearby Goliad. The surrender, and unanticipated execution, inflamed the Texas cause, spurring the battle cry “Remember Goliad!”
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